THE CUBA RE\'IF,\V And Bulletin 



Railways and Public (Uorks 



THE MATANZAS KA ll.kOAH AM) WAKEIIOLSE 

 COM PA NY. 



This company has recently begun most 

 extensive improvements on the western 

 shore of Matanzas bay in the section known 

 as Diibrox. Over three thousand acres have 

 been purchased, extending from the ancient 

 San Severino fort nine miles to the north, 

 including a thirty years' lease of the new 

 government wharf, the fort and reservation 

 surrounding it, which is to be made into a 

 beautiful park. 



The plans are being carried out by men 

 of experience and ability, who will make 

 of a rocky coast a populous and prosper- 

 ous suburb. 



The enterprise (which already gives em- 

 ployment to over three hundred men) is 

 under the direction of 'Sir. A. T. Blundell, 

 general manager, with Sir. J. SI. \\'right in 

 charge of the engineering department, and 

 quantities of material for building and rail- 

 way use have been received. 



The wharf built four years ago is to be 

 covered and enlarged. A large part of 

 the space between it and the fort is being 

 filled in to' give increased track facilities. 



The railroad is to be extended to the 

 warehouse to be built near the pilot sta- 

 tion, and later to Punta S'abanilla and be- 

 yond to the gulf. 



A large sugar warehouse is to be built 

 at once; its dimensions are 600 x 150. From 

 this point a wharf is to be built out to a 

 depth of fifty feet of water. This will 

 probably be of concrete. 



Two hotels for the use of the numerous 

 employees are being built and a well of 

 great depth is being dug. 



NEW PUBLIC WORKS FOR HAVANA. 



Governor Magoon having requested a list 

 of public works most needed in the city, 

 the city architect enumerated the follow- 

 ing, with cost: 

 Sewering and paving of city. . . . $14,000,000 



New city hall 600,000 



Four markets 120,000 



Night refuge 50,000 



Bridge over harbor 600.000 



Public parks 200,000 



Total $15,570,000 



The bridge across the harbor from Cabal- 

 leria Wharf to Casa Blanca is designed 

 to enable the other side of the harbor to 

 be built up with cheap homes for the 

 thousands of work people who at present 

 have to pay rents altogether disproportion- 

 ate to their earnings. The bridge proposi- 

 tion elicits- the following caustic comment 

 from the Havana Telegraph : 



"A low bridge from the Caballeria wharf 

 to Casa Blanca, with a drawbridge in the 

 channel, would be just about as desirable 



The Pilot St.Ttion in Matanzas Bay. 



La Estacion de los Pllotos en el Tuerto de 

 Matanzas. De este punto los pilotos ven los 

 vapores entrando y salen a traerlos. 



as a toll gate across Obispo street, say, at 

 the comer of Cuba. A city architect should 

 not, perhaps, be expected to know much 

 about the needs of a harbor, but he should 

 have some idea of what a city most needs, 

 and there are few things that Havana can- 

 not more readily get along without for some 

 time to come than an obstruction of her 

 fine harbor. Tf the city architect has ever 

 been at the Caballeria wharf when a fresh 

 breeze was blowing, he must have a pow- 

 erful imagination, indeed, if he can picture 

 to himself a vessel safely towed through 

 a narrow drawbridge with such a sea run- 

 ning as only a moderate breeze suffices to 

 raise." 



Governor IMagoon withheld his opinion. 



MARKETS ARE SORELY NEEDED IN HAVANA. 



Suburban housekeepers coming from 

 Vedado, Cerro, or Jesus del ]\Ionte, must 

 go to one or the other of the two markets 

 located in the central part of the city, which 

 entails hardship to buyers and produces 

 congestion in these markets, making it prac- 

 tically impossible to keep them in a truly 

 sanitary condition. 



RAILWAY TELEPHONES. 



The provisional governor has authorized 

 the Cuba Company to- establish telephone 

 lines for private use between the stations 

 of Jatibonico and Taguasco and the Jati- 

 bonico sugar estate. 



